Not only will Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes mark the return of Big Boss, it will also bring back the base-building and development feature last seen in Peace Walker.
Speaking at the Eurogamer Expo, Snake charmer Hideo Kojima noted that being able to use multiple devices to access a game lends itself “very well” to the Mother Base system from Peace Walker and “that’s something we’re planning on for Ground Zeroes.” Mother Base is an updated version of the crew management system first included in Portable Ops, where players could train and manage soldiers.
“The concept of developing weapons at your base is a very cool idea, and something that could be popular,” Kojima added during a packed developer session at the event. “It’s something we’ve been thinking of.”
According to Eurogamer, the base will be accessible in-between the open world areas of Ground Zeroes, and that players will have access to the area via the on-call helicopter at Boss’ disposal. Once at the base, players will be able to explore it on foot and watch its development.
Kojima again showed his previously revealed demo of the game, noting Ground Zeroes was running off a PC with similar specifications to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes is coming to the PC Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sometime in 2013.
